Comments on: New Firefox Icon: Q&A

By: patrickjdempsey

patrickjdempsey — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:52:52 +0000

I’m a little sad that not all the changes that were discussed got implemented but I think overall it looks good. At first I was a little put-off by the redder color of his head, but I do like that the redder coloration helps keep the icon distinct from the older icon. This makes having 2 Firefox icons on your desktop easier to distinguish which is useful for Add-ons testers! Also, the redder color makes the icon look much better in limited icon color mode… I use that mode on my antiquated laptop to conserve juice! Overall a welcome refresh.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:23:34 +0000

@val-gaav
Unfortunately you’re absolutely right.

I just hope that any of the new browser alternatives in Linux landscape is able to introduce usability to their designs. Or, better, that Konqueror evolves in this regard.

By: val-gaav

val-gaav — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:46:33 +0000

@Miguel:
Better choose another browser. Mozilla for years ignored KDE existance. First Qt port was dead years ago, then no long after that the GTK+ version was more and more becoming Gnome HIG like with the ridiculous Cancel|OK scheme for buttons etc. The second port for Qt4 was started and almost finished by Nokia heck it’s even merged into Mozilla main branch , yet Mozilla doesn’t want to support it. Their stance is :” GTK+ is the only official build on Linux”

If they posted screenshots of Firefox in KDE it would be admiting how big failure this browser is on that platform, with worse integration with each release … Heck if you want to use Firefox under KDE you either will have to hack it use external themes and apps like kgtk and it will still feel wrong under KDE…

By: Dominic Jones

Dominic Jones — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:37:26 +0000

I’m loving the shiny globe – is it available anywhere as a standalone graphic?

By: Skoua

Skoua — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:09:50 +0000

Icons look really nice.
Congrats for the work made here.

And I’m quite impressed by the patience you have to answer every questions in a such polite way.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:33:32 +0000

I like the high resolution icon, but really hate the low resolution versions. That childish/tangoes look is not for me.

Btw, firefox in 5 different Ubuntu themes. Common!. That only shows that Firefox’s Gnome integration is simply OK (MacOS and Win are superb), but nothing else.

Please, start to worry about really integrating Firefox into KDE: native look and use of KDE’s apps, not Gnome’s!.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:55:56 +0000

I like the new icons, the only problem I see is on the Linux version, on the gnome panel it looks too big in comparison with other system icons. the Firefox 3.0 icon had enough padding in order to do not reach the borders of the panel

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:52:54 +0000

Thanks for listening and keeping this in the open! It looks great overall, although I agree with the nits in comments 5 and 6. I think they are going to be noticeable, particularly the cropping.

By: Livio

Livio — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:28:16 +0000

The tangoish icon looks quite good.

The globe seems too shiny end it stand out in the menu, but the rest looks perfect.

I wonder if you could show big launcher on desktop with its 48×48 icon or simpler – whole pack of icons ^^ .

By: Gervase Markham

Gervase Markham — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:07:52 +0000

The new more “feathery” flames with bits of “world” peeking through on the right edge make it look “ragged” or “serrated” at lower resolutions (e.g. the shot of the icon on the Ubuntu launch bar). Is it worth smoothing that out for a consistent orange curve, at resolutions where the individual flames are too small to see?

P.S. “Allow comment box to float next to comments” is all very well, but if the box is taller than your screen (which it is on my 1024×768 laptop) you can’t see “Submit Comment” to click it!